Monthly Studio - Montréal, Québec

M B.

J’y étais il y a presque 2 semaines. Ce n’est peut être pas la responsabilité du lieu en tant que tel mais peut être plutôt un coiffeur en particulier. Mais j’ai été extrêmement déçu par le service proposé. D’autant que j’avais prévenu que j’avais besoin d’une coupe spécifique pour un déplacement.

Déjà à peine je m’assoie que la personne me dit qu’il n’utilise pas la tondeuse aujourd’hui malgré le fait que je lui ai dis que je voulais court sur les côtés et derrières. Il ne me laisse presque pas le temps de lui expliquer que déjà il se met à couper. Ensuite je lui ai dis que j’avais envie de désépaissir (car j’ai les cheveux bouclés et denses). Il m’a dit ok et a coupé peut être 1cm les pointes et c’est tout.

En 15 minutes c’était fini et comme il avait pris du retard avant moi je n’ai pas eu l’opportunité de dire quoique ce soit.
Pour presque 60$ la coupe, je suis déçu. Je gardais pourtant un excellent souvenir de l’ancien salon. Les coiffeurs étaient plus attentionnés et prenaient leurs temps.

Ça fait 2 semaines et je viens de sortir à nouveau d’un autre coiffeur pour me recouper les cheveux.

Charles R.

Merci à Julien ! Je reviendrais 🙂

Olivier B.

Super spot tranquille au 2e.
Simon est super sympathique et très professionnel, coupe de cheveux parfaite!

Dany M.

Excellent service, courtois, professionnel et toujours a l'heure. Je me déplace de Laval pour voir Simon.

Studio E.

Fort probablement la meilleure coupe de cheveux de ma vie.
Thanks Simon!

Melissa M.

Simon was fast, friendly and gave my 12yr old son such a great cut that I brought my 16yr old nephew a few weeks later. Both boys left extremely happy with their cuts!

Mashruk H.

*Edited for update below*
This is not the review I thought I was going to write, as I had such high expectations of Monthly Barber; yet I have to be honest about my experience, and I sincerely hope that the owner will take this review as genuine feedback and not an attack.

But first, let's cover the good. Cal was friendly and courteous. I enjoyed our chat. The shop is clean and the entire team was very friendly during my visit. Getting an appointment over the phone was quick and easy.

My haircut, however, has left much to be desired. I was very clear - and kept reiterating - that I did not want a fade, nor an undercut; I provided photos of my previous cuts and was highly specific about the simple scissor cut that I was looking for. I understand that not all barbers are of the same skill level, so I communicated repeatedly to ensure that Cal and I were on the same page. He assured me he understood, and said he has "a very good memory". When I sensed things were going sideways I asked if he wanted to look at the photos again and he declined. There were all kinds of funky angular things happening with his scissors when all I wanted was a simple cut, and which I later found left the sides unbalanced and uneven. To make matters worse, at one point he started trimming the sides of my scruff to align my sideburns, which would be fine, but then he started just taking out chunks of my scruff which I absolutely did not ask for. He said "I'll just take this off and leave a goatee" and after two quick and major sweeps I was left with no option but to ask him to take the entire facial hair off. Again, I did not come in for a beard trim. I've had enough haircuts to know that you can line up sideburns without taking out all facial hair on a zero setting. Of course, when I went to pay I was charged for both a haircut and a beard trim, which is not what I went in for.

My experience at Monthly Barber is the first time I have wanted to be reimbursed; this is also the only time that I've had to go to a another barber to get this haircut fixed. $60 later, I am deeply disappointed. Evidently, expensive doesn't always mean better.

[UPDATE - Management reached out to me and provided a partial refund.]

Vee H.

Discovering Monthly is definitely one of the highlights of 2021. After a few uncomfortable situations at other salons and barber shops earlier this year, we were on the hunt for our forever barber and we're grateful to have stumbled upon Mitch. Getting a haircut feels like catching up with an old friend. He is very courteous, highly skilled and understanding of my psoriasis. The entire staff seem to be really professional and easy to get along with, I'm sure I'd be happy to sit in anyone's chair. The space at Monthly is very comfortable, queer friendly and welcome to all. We booked our appointments for the rest of the year.